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How Iranians around the world are marking their new year

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Iranians at home and abroad grapple with how to celebrate Nowruz at a time when joy and optimism feel out of step with the bleak realities of war. To preserve confidentiality, the most comprehensive archive of abuse at Canadian residential schools will be destroyed. So journalist Connie Walker has set out to create her own archive of survivors' stories. A Florida priest says he has no plans to shut down his soup kitchen despite racking up more than a half a million dollars in penalties for violating zoning laws.A B.C. woman tells us about getting airlifted out of Coquitlam yesterday after being awoken by an early morning mudslide.Canada takes an unprecedented plunge in this year's World Happiness Report, largely due to the malaise of young people. We get the inside scoop on The Washington Post's annual Peeps diorama contest — an event that's a real chick magnet.Dressed to the canines. The publisher of Vogue is suing another fashion magazine for trademark infringement — even though that magazine has a much furrier demographic. Which is why it's called "Dogue".As It Happens, the Friday Edition. Radio that knows a "Dogue" cover model always looks fetching.

Iranians at home and abroad grapple with how to celebrate Nowruz at a time when joy and optimism feel out of step with the bleak realities of war. To preserve confidentiality, the most comprehensive archive of abuse at Canadian residential schools will be destroyed. So journalist Connie Walker has set out to create her own archive of survivors' stories. A Florida priest says he has no plans to shut down his soup kitchen despite racking up more than a half a million dollars in penalties for violating zoning laws.A B.C. woman tells us about getting airlifted out of Coquitlam yesterday after being awoken by an early morning mudslide.Canada takes an unprecedented plunge in this year's World Happiness Report, largely due to the malaise of young people. We get the inside scoop on The Washington Post's annual Peeps diorama contest — an event that's a real chick magnet.Dressed to the canines. The publisher of Vogue is suing another fashion magazine for trademark infringement — even though that magazine has a much furrier demographic. Which is why it's called "Dogue".As It Happens, the Friday Edition. Radio that knows a "Dogue" cover model always looks fetching.

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